Pigeon Island

Pigeon Island is an islet in County Roscommon, Connacht. Pigeon Island is situated nearby to the pier Ponton, as well as near the police station Roosky Garda Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roosky Bridge and Dromod railway station.

Roosky Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Jonjobaker, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Roosky Bridge is situated 790 metres south of Pigeon Island.

Dromod railway station

Railway station

Photo: sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dromod railway station serves the village of Dromod in County Leitrim and nearby Roosky in County Roscommon. It is a station on the Dublin Connolly to Sligo InterCity service. Dromod railway station is situated 2 km north of Pigeon Island.

The Cavan and Leitrim Railway was a 3 ft narrow-gauge railway that operated in the south of County Leitrim and the north-west of County Cavan on the northern edge of the Midlands in Ireland; it ran from 1887 until 1959. Cavan and Leitrim Railway is situated 2½ km north of Pigeon Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rooskey and Dromod.

Rooskey

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Roosky, Ruskey, or Rooskey is a village on the River Shannon in the northern midlands of Ireland, near the point where counties Leitrim, Longford, and Roscommon meet. The N4 road from Dublin to Sligo passes by the Leitrim side of the village.

Dromod

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Dromod or Drumod is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. Dromod is a fishing village beside Bofin and Boderg, which are threaded by the River Shannon.

Aghamore

Village

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Aghamore is a townland in County Leitrim, Ireland, located on the main N4 national primary road between Dublin and Sligo. It is located in the parish of Annaduff and houses the parishes church & cemetery, the national school and the parish GAA pitch. Aghamore is situated 7 km north of Pigeon Island.

Pigeon Island

Type: Islet
Categories: locality and landform
Location: County Roscommon, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.83941° or 53° 50′ 22″ north

Longitude

-7.92254° or 7° 55′ 21″ west

Open location code

9C5JR3QG+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 5045056

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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